Engine-starter.



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l ENGINE STARTER.' APPLICATION FILED $EPT.24, i915.

l 1 ,185,5 1 9 Patented May 30, 1916.

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To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, FRANK MARovrroH,

a subject of the Emperor of Austria-Hungary, residing at Nelson, in the Province of Brltish Columbia and Dominion of Canada, have invented new and useful Improvel ments in Engine-Starters, of which the folas herein videsignatesthe catory movements of" the piston lowing is a specification.

This invention relates to starters for internal combustion engines, the object in view being to provide simple apparatus whereby compressed air delivered from the combustion chamber or chambers of an internal combustion engine may be conducted to and trapped in a storage tank and retained therein until it is desired to again start the engine, whereupon by means of a suitable valve arrangement and operating means, the compressed air will be released so as to again enter the combustion chamber or chambers of the engine for the'purpose of actuating lone or more4 of the pistons Vthereof untill the engine takes up its own cycle 'of operation..

With the aboveland other'objects in view, the invention lconsists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts, described, illustrated and claimed. In the accompanyin' drawings z-Figure 1v is a sectional view 0% a multiple cylinder internal combustion engine showing the starting apparatus of this invention in its applied relation thereto. Fig. 2 is an enlar'ged side elevation of one of the valve chambers. Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal section through thersasne to'better show the l check valve and cut-off.

, A conventionally shows and designates an internal combustion engine of the multiple cylinder type containing the pistons 1, 2, 3 and 4 reciprocating in the cylinders, and 5` dash of an automobile.

In carrying out the present invention, I employr one or more valve casings 6 connected by a pipe or tube 7 to the cylinder head so as to adapt the casing 6 to receive carbureted air compressed by the reciproo the cylinder to which thevalve casing is connected. Within each casing 6vis mounted a check valve 8 carried by the extremity of anarm 9 of a rocking valve stem 10 which is journaled inthe opposite sidewalls of the* casing 6 and is provided at'one end thereof projecting-beyond the outside of the Casin 61wth an arm 1,1 the end portion of whic Specification of Letters liatent.

bill or lip 12'.

13 designates a spring acting against the arm 11 to hold the valve 8 normally closed. Where more` than one valve casing 6 is Patented May 30, 1916. Application med september 24, 1915. serial No'. 52,524.

employed as shown in Fig. 1, the several valve casings are connected by a tubular manifold 14 from which apipe 15 extends into a storage tank 16 lwhich may be arranged at anv convenient point in the motor vehicle. A

Each `of the connections 7 has incorpo rated therein 'a cut-oft'- 17 and `where several valves are employed in connection with severalcylinders of the engine, all ofthe cutoffs are connected to and simultaneously operable by a common connecting rod 18 which extends rearwardly. through the dash S where it is connected to an operating lever 19. Connected to the same lever, 19 is a push rod 20 which is connected to the longer arms 21 ofa series of valve opening levers each of which is pivotally mountedat 22 on the casing and provided atthe extremity of its shorter arm with a pivotally mounted trip finger. 23 normally sustainedl in its valve opening position by means of a spring 24.

The trip linger 23 is normally held out of' engagement with the bill or extremity 12 "of the arm'lll which controls the valve S'by means of a spring 25.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings,

`ment of the levers21, however, the trip 1ingers 23 pass by the lips or bills 12 ofthe leversl 11 and the valves 81 are returned to their seats by means of the springs 13.

However, the checkivalves will be unseated p by the pressure of the air 'delivered from the cylinders into the valve casings 6 and this will continue until the engine stops and the operation of the starting apparatus w1ll 90 roo a full and complete charge of compressed air is trapped in the storagetank 16. Upon releasing the pressure on the lever 19 the finger 23 snaps past the extremity of the arm 11 andassumes its normal and initial position.

When the operator. desiresto agl'ainrstart c; mi

the engine he again exerts the. lever 19 thereby opening the Vcuboe 17 and also opening 1the valve 8. This permits the eompresse air to return to the Combustien Chamber or chambers of the engine. Urdinarly, the compressed air trapped in the chamber 16 is carbureted and constitutes an Yexplosive mixture so hat after the eylinders @r9/raies ef me miem may vee ebteinee 3er ve nente each,

e pressure against eieegee spring closed cheek vave in seid mire chamber, en arm fest en the einem of eei; check Valve? e valve opening lever pivoeiiy fing e Spring pesitioieo trip .finger pir/e, u mounted thereon, e cui-ori between the Veve chamber` and the engine, e menuely controlled operating ever and Connee for 4smul'serleouely opening faire cheek efewe and CUL-o5, the Seid 1trip finger allowing faire Cheek valve to close eutomeicely indepeI-Mn ently of and before the valve-opeiing ever is released.

En tesimony whereof I aX in presence of We Witnesses.

my sigreebure Wiseeeees GILBERT AMESON, d. A. ERICKSON.

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